Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Pterophoroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Pterophoroidea

Familia: Pterophoridae
Subfamilia: Pterophorinae
Tribus: Exelastini
Genus: Exelastis
Species: Exelastis dowi

Name edit

Exelastis dowi D. L. Matthews & B. Landry, 2008

Type locality: USA, Florida, Key Largo.

Holotype: MGCL. male. gen. slide no. BL 736. 11.III.1986. L.C. Dow.

References edit

  • Matthews, Deborah L. & Bernard Landry, 2008, Description of a new species of Exelastis (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from the neotropics, with keys to adults of the four species occurring in Florida, Tropical Lepidoptera 18 (2): 62–69. Full article: [1].